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Decision due on compensation amounts

Decision on compensation sums in four test cases awaited by 1,000 pubs and restaurants

FBD costs hearing in July must finish within two weeks Judge tells parties correspondence must be in a professional and business-like manner about 3 hours ago Aodhan O'Faolain   A July hearing to determine the amount of losses incurred by four publicans, who won test actions over FBD’s failure to pay out on business disruption claims caused by Covid-19, must finish within the allotted two weeks, a High Court judge has said. Mr Justice McDonald said on Wednesday it would ...

Dublin pub fails to stop action against it over water leak Action arises out of leak believed to have caused loss of one million litres of water a day about 4 hours ago   The operators of Dublin’s Leopardstown Inn have failed to get the High Court to dismiss an action against them arising out of a major water leak seven years ago outside the premises. The leak, allegedly caused by damage to a main during a drilling operation for a water source, was estimated at the time to have caused the loss of one million litres of water a day for a fortnight before it was discovered in February 2014.

Court rules publicans entitled to costs against FBD, but not at highest scale Reporter:  '); The High Court has ruled that four publicans who won significant test actions over FBD's failure to pay out on business disruption claims caused by Covid-19, are entitled to their legal costs, but not on the highest scale.   In his judgement Mr Justice Denis McDonald said that while it was accepted that the actions were important test actions. He said that the court, after considering various legal authorities on the issue could see no proper basis to order that the costs should be assessed on the ...